Ventilated shoe



March 24:,V 1,931. v. WoJclcHowsKl VENTILATED SHOE Filed Jan. 6, 1930 m. m w

VENTILATED suon`r f i Application iiiea January 6,fiese;f serpiai'fiib..Inglesa ,l i

Thisv invention 'relates to shoes and more particularly to 'a shoe having openings formedtherein for Ventilating purposes'.

One object of the invention is to provide a shoe so constructed that air may circulate K `Y ceiving openings` of the shoe. Theseieyelets through the same and thereby prevent a persons feet from becoming cold during the winter and also prevent the 'feet fromzbecoining overheated and sweating during the sum` inertime.

y yAnother object of the invention is to provide improved means for closing the ventilating openings at their outer ends during wet weather and thereby prevent water from .15. passing inwardly through the Ventilating Y openings and causing a persons feet to becomewet. Y

, Another object of the invention. is to so form and apply the closure means for the A openings tothe shoe that it will be neat in appearanceand not detract from the appearance of thek shoe.

Another object of the invention is to so f ymount the closure upon'the shoe that it may 25 be very easily moved into and out of an operative relation to the Ventilating openings and to further cause the closure to remain in a sety position when moved to an operative or inoperative position. rEhe invention is illustrated in the panying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shoe provided with Ventilating openings and showing the closure Jlor these openings moved to an operative position about the forward end of the toe of the shoe, and i Figure 2 is a sectional view taken trans- Versely` through the shoe with the closure moved to an operative position and extending in covering relation to the outer ends of the Ventilating openings.

f The shoe shown in Figure l and indicated in general by the numeral l isV of a conven-Y tional construction and while the shoe illus` 'trated in this figure is of thelow quarterV type it is to be understood that it merely represents one form of shoe to which the in- Vention may be applied. This shoe includes the usual upper 2 and sole 2.k yA tip 4 may be secured aboutV the toe portion of the upper upper are formed a suitable' number' ofio'pe'n'-- 'ngsu which may be of any size desired and ythrough Lth'e'seopenings are passedv eyelets f6 of' the 'type usuallyv1 employed in thelace'ref not onlyfiinparty a good appearance to'v thel shoeibut also constitute reinforcements `about the Vmaizfin ofthe openings '5 and prevent danger of tearing vtheupper between the open-A ings and also reduce likelihood or the openf. ings becoming closed byfpaste applied to an, shoek when shining it '.`Sinoetlie shoe isv formedWith Ventilating openings' air may pass intoand out'of the shoethrough these openings and thei'ebyfpreventa' persons feet from becoming overheated and sweating durbecoming coldduring the wint-er." f o t "In order to close the VentilatingV openings during Wet weatherand thereby prevent water from passing inwardly throughthe Ventilating openingsand cause a personsfeettol become wet, therehas been provided a strip 7 formed of rubber which'will be coloredto correspond to theshoe. Openings are formed near the ends ofthel strip Vconstituting button holes throughwhich'eyelets 8 are passedto serve in gehot weather and alsoprevent the feet from as reinforcements for the button holes and i 4 o* through these button holes,v areengaged pins 9 havingftheir inner endssecured throughthe 'n upper at opposite sides of the shoe close to theV strip is'so disposed that it extends forwardly about the front of the toe of the shoe as shown in Figure l, thereby leaving the Ventilating openings exposed and permitting air to passi.

freely through these openings. It should also be notedthat when the strip is in the inoperativev position shown lin Figure l its will'serve as a protector-for the toe portion of the shoe and prevent the outer surface of` Y Y thel leather from being skinned or otherwise NTD marredr'in case a person should accidently strike his foot against a curb or other obstruction While walking. When it is desired to' prevent water from passing inwardly through the openings during wet weather it is merely necessary to grasp the strip at the front of .the toe of the shoe and by'exerting pull,odraw thestrip rearwardly until it extendstransversely across the shoe between the pins and covers the outer ends of the ventilating openings. lires in Figure l and shown' in full lines in Figure 2, and by referring to vFigure-2 it will be seen that when the strip is in the Operative position itiit's snugly againstr the shoe`V and tightly closes the Outer ends of the. ventilating openings. -Vhen protectionagainst `water is no longer necessary thestripis v grasped intermediate its ends and can be very easily returned to the inoperativejposition shown in Figure l.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: Y

.1. Afshoe having its upper formedwith Ventilating openings in its toeportion, and

' a closure for the outerends of said openings extending transversely of the shoe and having itsends pivoted to the shoe at opposite sides thereof whereby the closuremayebe .g swung from a positionto cover the outerends of the openings to a position about the front end of the toe of the shoe.

. 2. A shoe having its -upperrvyforrnerdwvith ventilating openings in its toe portiomand a closure `for the outer .endsot said openings consisting of a strip of elastiematerial secured at its enjds toopposite sidesof sai-.d shoe and movable from a position across the upper incoveringrelation to-theepenings tofa posiiltion. aboutY `the vfront end `of the ltoe. of, the s oe.

.Af ShoeV having 'its Upper ,formed with ventilating openings 4in its Y ,toeportion, I pins extending from opposite sidesbtthe Yshoe upperadjacentI the*- sole of the sh0eand.a strip off elastic: material having eyes Vat its ends receiving said pins to connect-,thestrip with the shoe, said strip being movable about thepins from a position to extend-across the upper in Vcovering relation to the outer ends of the openings to a positioneX-tending forwardly. about ;the toe ofV the shoe` 1in sngugl fitting engagement therewith. Y In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature. 'VALENTNE WQJQIECHOWSKL iL. S.]

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